To the list of those upset with Susan G. Komen for the Cure for cutting funding to Planned Parenthood, add Komen Oregon.

Board members of the Oregon and Southwest Washington affiliate are rejecting the national group's policy in no uncertain terms:

Komen Oregon is opposed to the new national Komen community grant eligibility policy. Not only will this decision affect Planned Parenthood, but also any other organization under investigation. The implications will be far reaching, having an adverse effect on numerous grantees. Ultimately it will compromise our ability to provide life-saving access to breast cancer screening and treatment for the most vulnerable women.

We, the Affiliate Board of Directors, have officially submitted a letter to Komen Headquarters asking that they reconsider this policy.

We believe the Komen community grant eligibility policy should be based on proven wrongdoing. It is common for hospitals, universities and medical care providers to be under investigation. In its current form, the Komen community grant eligibility policy would disqualify numerous Komen Affiliate Grantees for funding. This policy compromises Affiliates' ability to provide life-saving access to breast cancer screening and treatment for women greatest in need.

In Oregon and southwest Washington, Komen's spending on services such as helping women obtain mammograms and cancer treatment has averaged more than $2.5 million a year since 2005. Dozens of former supporters vowed to drop their support, sounding off on Komen Oregon's Facebook page. The local affiliate expressed alarm about the potential to lose financial support because of the national decision:

Regrettably, if donations are directed away from the local Affiliate, women right here in our Oregon and SW Washington community will see their access to life-saving, breast-health programs diminish.

What we have experienced and witnessed over the last two days is an extraordinary level of passion for these important issues to women. Our commitment to our mission is unwavering.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Oregon haven't lost any funding because they haven't sought or received grant support from Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

To what extent the Komen organization will lose financial supporters remains to be seen. Jeanne Monahan of the conservative Christian group, Family Research Council, told Reuters that Komen is gaining support from opponents of abortion:

"Groups didn't even know there was a formal relationship between Planned Parenthood and Komen until the last few years, and Komen got a lot of negative feedback about that from people who are right to life," she said.

About 15,000 anti-abortion activists sent e-mails to Komen in support of its decision, Monahan told Reuters.